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questiongroup

A group of questions and answers. In the following example, it should be noted that

1. The question is tagged as question. There are five possible answers to the question, each tagged as answer.
2. The correct answer (answer four) is identified by the veracity="true" attribute.
3. Feedback is associated with each individual answer or with the question as a whole. The id of the feedback tag links to the rid of its associated question/answer element. The type of feedback can be specified by the optional level and type attributes.

<questiongroup type="multiplechoice">
<heading id="h1" level="4">Innate immunity (p.3-4)</heading>
<question>Question: Which of the following does <b>not</b> protect the 
external body surfaces:</question>
<answer id="an1" rid="fe1">Skin</answer>
<answer id="an2" rid="fe2">Mucus</answer>
<answer id="an3" rid="fe3">Gastric acid</answer>
<answer id="an4" rid="fe4" veracity="true">Salivary amylase</answer>
<answer id="an5" rid="fe5">Gut microflora</answer>
<feedback id="fe1">Intact skin prevents entry of microorganisms. Damage as in
 burns causes vulnerability to infection.</feedback>
<feedback id="fe2">Mucus lining the mucosal surfaces of the body tends to 
inhibit direct attachment of infectious microorganisms to the 
mucosal surface.</feedback>
<feedback id="fe3">Gastric acid provides a hostile environment to 
many microorganisms.</feedback>
<feedback id="fe4">The enzyme splits starch and is of importance for 
digestion but not for protection.</feedback>
<feedback id="fe5">Gut microflora produce antibiotic substances, 
colicins, which can kill other bacteria.</feedback>
</questiongroup>

Attributes

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Content model

View questiongroup's content model

Sub-elements

• answer -- the answer in a question and answer section ('questiongroup')
• feedback -- feedback relating to an answer in an answergroup
• footnote -- a footnote to a document or text
• heading -- a heading in a document section
• hint -- a hint associated with a question
• p -- a paragraph
• question -- a question in a question group
• subjectgroup -- listing of subjects associated with a document or object
• table -- a table and its associated legend [deprecated]

Parent elements

• section -- a section in a document
• subsection -- a subsection in a section

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Created: Tue Dec 23 14:02:01 2003